Combat sound is unbearably loud, yet worst of all is that combat sound is tied to ‘Sound’ option, which lowers the volume of all the other things like footsteps, mount sounds, level ping etc.
It would be great if we got a sound channel for combat which we could volume up or down depending how we like.
It has been bugging me for years now, but it got worse with the recent expansions.
Hopefully we see more options for sound in the future, as sound + visuals are a big thing for me when playing a game.
Indeed, it’s as if it gets worse with each expansion.
Playing a melee makes me want to turn the sound off, in raids and other combat-intense content it is completely unbearable.
I really love WoW sounds, the music, the atmosphere, footsteps, mounts etc…but combat is horribly loud!
Really hoping to see this feature implemented at some point D:
Glad I’m not the only one!
I wouldn’t mind having “Combat Sound” it set to its own sound bar so you could adjust it as you wanted. People complained guns were too loud, and now every gun in the game sounds like a BB gun.
This! ^
Make it another sound slider. And while you’re at it, make sure all character sounds are in dialogue. Last time I checked, some races where on dialogue and some on effects, making them really hard to hear. (Though not sure if they already fixed that since then. Haven’t played much else besides Goblins for months lol)
Really hoping we get to see more volume options…and also a way to revert gun sounds. Current gun sounds are horrid!
With the combat volume/skill effects volume, we could sort both the ‘loud guns’ which annoyed some, and also the horribly loud skill sounds which become quite unbearable if you are melee.
I only play melee chars and this honestly never bothered me. A separate slider and possibly an off button for certain sound effects would be nice though. The sound a char makes with certain skills can be quite annoying.
I laughed at this, I imagined someone using henry the hover behind you in real life and you scare jumping thinking there is a feral behind you ready to nuke, Then you realise it’s real life.
I seem to be fine with my lightning… but I have “Sound” on fairly low with others including Master volume a fair bit higher, so the “Sound” effects are more background than the rest.
Same here. I have lowered the Sound to like 50% now, as combat sounds are driving me insane most of the time while playing a DK and a Rogue.
It is a bit annoying as I can’t hear when I summon my mount so well, or normal system sounds even
I hope Blizzard hears us out and gives us this option - separate volume option for combat.
Have you guys ever heard the gnome scream when you use bestial wrath on a hunter? or female zandalari troll when you use it? It’s so bad and it get’s even worse when you have traits that reduce the cd. It’s that bad it ends up funny.
